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Soccer On Sunday , November 7 , the Varsity Soccer team defeated St . Francis Prep 3-1 to win the CHSAA “ AA ” NYC Championship — a game in which the Rams overcame an early 1-0 deficit with resilient play and great individual performances . The game was a rematch of last year ’ s final in which the Terriers beat the Rams , making the victory even sweeter . |
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Will Lulka ’ 23 scored the first goal of the game for the Rams and later followed up with the go-ahead score on a penalty kick . With minutes left , Tiernan McLaughlin ’ 23 scored the third goal of the game to put the Rams up 3-1 , effectively sealing the victory for the Prep . |
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The Rams ’ championship run included an 11-game winning streak to end the regular season and secure the New York Archdiocesan title . After claiming playoff wins over Iona Prep , Archbishop Molloy , and St . Francis Prep , the Prep won 14 consecutive matches .
They continued on to defeat the Nichols School in the New York State CHSAA “ AA ” semi-finals , finishing the season with an overall record of 19-2-1 .
Congratulations to Carter Tresgallo ’ 22 ( Captain ), John Campanile ’ 22 ( Captain ), Will Lulka ’ 23 , Luc Goble ’ 22 , Liam Elias ’ 23 , and Bryant Guachichullca-Ucho on being named to the CHSAA “ AA ” All- League Team .
Squash The squash team competed in the first-ever two-day Hawthorne Cup Tournament on January 10 . Team Petrocelli defeated Team Santomero in the first match of the series 5-2 . On day two of the tournament , Team Santomero won 4-3 .
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Swimming On December 21 , the swimming and diving team traveled to St . Francis College in Brooklyn to take on rival Xavier . Junior Henry Amar led the way with double wins in the 200 and 100 freestyle events . Other event winners included Marco Petit ’ 22 ( diving ), Kieran Egan ’ 23 ( 100 butterfly ), Erik Sanchez ’ 23 ( 500 freestyle ), and Ben Korzenik ’ 23 in the 100 breaststroke as the team glided to a 10-68 victory . Notable swims were put in by Ben Manigbas ’ 23 in the 100 freestyle , making his Easterns Championships meet qualifying time .
The team ended Christmas break with a match-up against Molloy at SUNY Purchase . Double wins by Ryan Burke ’ 23 in the sprint freestyle , Henry Amar ’ 23 in the distance freestyles along with gold medals finishes by Marco Petit ( diving ), Erik Sanchez ’ 23 ( 200 IM ), Kieran Egan ’ 23 ( 100 butterfly ), and Alade Haskins ’ 22 ( 100 breaststroke ) all led to a 94-72 victory , pushing the team ’ s record to 4-0 . Freshman Christian Burke ’ 25 had a breakout performance in the 500 freestyle , making an Eastern Championships meet qualifying time .
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The team finished 3rd in the CHSAA Championships . Eight student-athletes competed in the NY State Championships at Ithaca College .
Wrestling Varsity Wrestling took 3rd place in the CHSAA duals on December 18th . Vaughan Johnson ’ 23 and Wyatt Shablak ’ 22 went 4-0 .
The Prep also had great performances from the whole team at the Martin Luther tournament on Saturday , January 22 . Overall , the team took first place with 12 place winners including 5 individual champions which were Joe Paladino ’ 22 , Vaughan Johnson ’ 23 , Jaziah Moore ’ 23 , Sebastián Panzenbeck ’ 23 , and Gabriel Kramer-Griffith ’ 25 .
In the JV championship , all four of the JV wrestlers placed . They were led by Gianluca Marchese ’ 25 , who took 1st , Xavier Chen ’ 25 ( 2nd ), and Noah Rodriguez ’ 24 ( 3rd ).
Varsity Wrestling finished 3rd in the CHSAA City Championships .
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Soccer team members celebrate their CHSAA “ AA ” NYC Championship win . |